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Fabien Azoulay, a French Jewish gay man serving a prison sentence in Turkey for drug offenses. (Courtesy of the Azoulay family via JTA)
August 18, 2021, 8:37 am
Turkey repatriates French-Jewish man sentenced to 16 years on minor drug offense
Media reports Fabien Azoulay is being sent home as a prisoner to serve out remainder of sentence, but France has no intention of keeping him behind bars
By Cnaan Liphshiz
US President Joe Biden, right, speaks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a plenary session at a NATO summit in Brussels, June 14, 2021. (AP Photo/ Olivier Matthys, Pool)
June 14, 2021, 11:55 pm
Biden, Erdogan meet in Brussels, say differences can be resolved
US president says talk on the sidelines of the NATO summit was ‘very good’; Turkish president also meets with French president and Greek PM
By Agencies
Demonstrators chant slogans during an anti-France protest in Istanbul, October 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
October 28, 2020, 1:03 pm
Turkish leaders denounce Charlie Hebdo for lecherous Erdogan cartoon
Drawing of Turkish president in his underwear, holding a drink and lifting a woman’s dress, comes as he spearheads international opposition to French crackdown on Islamism
By AP and ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Turkish-Cypriot leader (not pictured) during an official ceremony in Ankara, on October 26, 2020. (Adem Altan/AFP)
October 26, 2020, 10:39 pm
Turkey’s Erdogan invokes Holocaust to condemn French crackdown on radical Islam
‘You are in a real sense the links in the chain of Nazism,’ says Turkish leader, who has led the charge against Macron for defending teacher beheaded for showing Mohammed cartoons
By Agencies
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech on the stage of the conference room at Huber Mansion in Istanbul, on March 31, 2019. (BULENT KILIC / AFP)
October 25, 2020, 4:09 pm
Turkey says Muslims in Europe being demonized, like Jews in 1920s
In intensifying spat with France, Ankara says ‘offensive caricatures’ of the Prophet Mohammed being used to intimidate Muslims under the guise of freedom of expression
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative: Turkish police and army cars escort vans and buses returning from Syria, reportedly carrying Islamic State group members and their families, at the border town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, October 18, 2019. (Emrah Gurel/AP)
December 9, 2019, 6:54 pm
Turkey deports 11 French suspected Islamic State members
French Foreign Ministry declines to offer details on returning ‘terrorist fighters’
By AP
Image posted on a militant website on January 14, 2014, shows Islamic State fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP/Militant Website)
December 9, 2019, 11:16 am
Turkey deports 11 French suspected Islamic State terrorists
Ankara doesn’t provide identifying details for the deportees; last month said country was ‘not a hotel’ for foreign fighters
By AP
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, sits by French President Emmanuel Macron during a news conference following a summit on Syria, in Istanbul, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
November 29, 2019, 6:48 pm
Erdogan attacks Macron as ‘brain dead’ after French leader’s Syria criticism
Turkish leader lashes out at France’s president, calls him ‘a novice’; Macron’s office says Turkish envoy in Paris will be summoned to answer for ‘insults’
By AFP
A man (C), allegedly an US citizen and a member of the Islamic State group (IS), who was deported by Turkish officials and rejected by Greek police, standing in a no man's land at the border between Turkey and Greece near Pazarkule, is seen from the Turkish side in Edirne, on November 11, 2019. (Photo by DHA / DHA / AFP) / Turkey OUT
November 11, 2019, 11:04 pm
Turkey begins deporting foreign jihadists; Greece sends one back
American, Danish and German Islamic State fighters said expelled, with over 20 more to be sent back to home countries soon
By AFP and ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses an African Muslim Religious Leaders Summit, in Istanbul, October 19, 2019 (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
October 22, 2019, 12:44 pm
Erdogan warns Syria offensive will resume unless Kurds complete pullout
Turkish leader continues threats ahead of meeting with Putin; dismisses French request for ceasefire extension, claiming Paris talking to ‘terrorists’ but not to him
By AFP
Pro-Turkish Syrian fighters gather near the Turkish village of Akinci along the border with Syria on October 11, 2019. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
October 12, 2019, 11:12 pm
France, Germany halt arms exports to Turkey as Arab League demands UN action
Thousands throughout Europe protest Turkish assault on Syria’s Kurds, while Ankara remains defiant
By Agencies
Civilians flee amid Turkish bombardment on Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border on October 9, 2019 (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
October 10, 2019, 10:10 am
World calls for restraint, warns of resurgent IS as Turkey begins Syria assault
Concern of regional destabilization mounts after Ankara launches ground offensive on Kurdish forces following US troop withdrawal from area
By AFP
US forces, accompanied by Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters, drive their armored vehicles near the northern Syrian village of Darbasiyah, on the border with Turkey, April 28, 2017. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
December 25, 2018, 12:53 pm
Turkey warns France ‘no benefit’ in protecting Syrian Kurd militia
Turkish Foreign Minister says French forces are welcome to stay — but only if they ‘contribute to Syria’s future’
By AFP
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